Excerpt from an oral history interview with Deford Bailey Jr., conducted on October 14 2011 by Andrea Blackman as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Deford Bailey Jr. describes his experience getting stuck in floodwaters on his way to...

The Three Stooges (Moe, Curly-Joe, and Larry) seated on a motorcycle clowning around as part of a special entertainment event for policemen in a downtown Nashville, Tennessee venue on November 16, 1962. The Three Stooges were taking “The Three...

The Three Stooges (Moe, Curly-Joe, and Larry) seated on a motorcycle clowning around as part of a special entertainment event for policemen in a downtown Nashville, Tennessee venue on November 16, 1962. The Three Stooges were taking “The Three...

The Three Stooges (Moe, Curly-Joe, and Larry) seated on a motorcycle clowning around as part of a special entertainment event for policemen in a downtown Nashville, Tennessee venue on November 16, 1962. The Three Stooges were taking “The Three...

A photograph of Policeman, Sgt. Lonnie G. Martin directing traffic outside of the Davidson County Court House circa 1930. The courthouse was designed in 1857 by Francis Strickland, son of William Strickland, who built the State Capitol. ...

Metro Police officers participating in the 1980 Easter Parade on Church Street in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Harvey’s Department Store sponsored the parade. This festive springtime parade was enjoyed by many people, with its decorated parade...

A close-up of two Metro Nashville’s motorcycle policemen participating in the 1980 Easter Parade on Church Street in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Harvey’s Department Store sponsored the parade. This festive springtime parade was enjoyed by many...

This photograph, circa 1935, features a fleet of Nashville Police cars and officers in front of the War Memorial Building in Nashville, Tennessee. According to the 1935 Nashville City Directory: "Nashville has one of the most competent police...

Pictured: Metro Nashville’s motorcycle policemen in front of the Davidson County Courthouse, circa March 1966. The Davidson County Courthouse, also known as Metropolitan Courthouse, is an Art Deco building built in 1936. It was listed on the...

A view of the Nashville Traffic Police, pictured with their 1950 Kaiser cruisers. This photo was perhaps taken behind the old jail building in Nashville, Tennessee. Forms part of Record Group 3, Metro Davidson County Photographer. 5 photograph...

1 map; 58 x 75 cm. A plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, originally published in 1908 by G. M. Hopkins Company, showing the various buildings, landscapes, acreage, and street routes for several blocks in each direction from the County Jail....

A captioned photo, published in the Nashville Times (1940), about Mayor Thomas L. Cummings, “relaxing today at his home after the fatigue of his journey here from Florida, said that whatever the Federal Bureau of Investigation recommends as to...

A photograph of student demonstrators being arrested and escorted into a paddy wagon after a nonviolent protest at the Greyhound Bus Terminal, 6th Avenue and Commerce Street, Nashville, Tennessee, March 3, 1960. Students continued demonstrations...

A photograph of student demonstrators, in front of the previously segregated Post House Restaurant located inside the Greyhound Bus Terminal, 6th Avenue and Commerce Street, Nashville, Tennessee, March 3, 1960. Led by Student Nonviolent...

A photograph of Reverend Joseph Metz Rollins with police officers before a demonstration, Nashville, Tennessee, May 9, 1963. Reverend Rollins served with the National Committee of Black Churchmen and the Nashville Christian Leadership Council...